April 28th, 2014: The Day Chaos Struck....

[49ersFootball]

McConnell
5:56 PM EST, Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Louisville, KY.

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Gleefully satisfied that Obama was no longer in office, US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was scheming & plotting to undermine the Biden administration's plans on judicial appointees as well as slow-walking the Roberts Commission's investigation into the Obama assassination, getting fellow Senate GOPers to filibuster Burns' nomination for US Secretary of State & possibly Landrieu's nomination as VP. McConnell also had other goals: regaining control of the United States Senate in the upcoming 2014 Midterms, undermining the Biden administration's initiatives such as education, environment, Medicare & Medicare block-grants, lowering medical drug prices, etc.,

"Just because Biden is President doesn't mean I stop my goals of making this new administration fail! I will do anything in my power to destroy this President & his administration's initiatives by any means necessary so that we get the White House back in 2 years, then we can wipe out those uppity Dems for the foreseeable future!"McConnell was cutthroat, evil, conniving, heartless & downright rotten to the core.

 

[49ersFootball]

Fox Business Public Opinion Survey (June 1st-June 25th, 2014)
Do you approve or disapprove the job President Biden is doing ?
Approve: 49%
Disapprove: 48%

Nationally-watched US Senate contests:
GA United States Senator (OPEN)
David Perdue (R) vs. Michelle Nunn (D)

KY United States Senator
United States Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vs. KY Secretary of State Allison Grunderson Grimes (D)

AR United States Senator
US Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) vs. United States Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR)

KS United States Senator
United States Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) vs. Greg Orman (IND)

IA United States Senator (OPEN)
State Senator Joni Ernst (R-Montgomery) vs. US Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA)

MT United States Senator (OPEN)
US Rep. Steve Daines (R-MT) vs. Amanda Curtis (D)

NH United States Senator
United States Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) vs. former United States Senator Scott Brown (R-MA)

NC United States Senator
United States Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) vs. NC House of Representatives Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Cornelius)

VA United States Senator
United States Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) vs. former RNC Chairman Edward Gillespie (R)

WV United States Senator (OPEN)
US Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) vs. WV Secretary of State Natalie Tennant (D)

CO United States Senator
US Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) vs. United States Senator Mark Udall (D-CO)

 

[49ersFootball]

I'll include the 2014 Gubernatorial aspect on this TL as well.

 

[Gillan1220]

Oh boy this is spiralling into a simple assassination to a three way global conspiracy...

 

[49ersFootball]

Oh boy this is spiralling into a simple assassination to a three way global conspiracy...

Interesting to see how the Biden White House & US federal agencies handle this crisis. There's also still carpet-bombing in the Mindanao Region by the US Armed Forces & Armed Forces of the Philippines participating in joint military airstrikes.

 

[49ersFootball]

Nationally-watched US State Gubernatorial Elections:

ME Governor
ME Governor Paul LePage (R-Incumbent) vs. US Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)

VT Governor
VT Governor Peter Shumlin (D-Incumbent) vs. Scott Milne (R)

NH Governor
NH Governor Maggie Hassan (D-Incumbent) vs. Walt Havenstein (R)

RI Governor (OPEN)
RI State Treasurer Gina Raimondo (D) vs. Cranston, RI Mayor Allan Fung (R)

CT Governor
CT Governor Dannell Malloy (D-Incumbent) vs. Former US Ambassador to Ireland Thomas Foley (R)

MA Governor (OPEN)
Charles Baker (R) vs. MA State AG Martha Coakley (D)

PA Governor
Tom Wolf (D) vs. PA Governor Tom Corbett (R-Incumbent)

MD Governor (OPEN)
Larry Hogan (R) vs. MD LG Anthony G. Brown (D)

MI Governor
MI Governor Rick Snyder (R-Incumbent) vs. Former US Rep. Mike Schauer (D-MI)

IL Governor
Bruce Rauner (R) vs. IL Governor Patrick Quinn (D-Incumbent)

WI Governor
WI Governor Scott Walker (R-Incumbent) vs. Mary Burke (D)

OK Governor
Former OK Governor Brad Henry (D) vs. OK Governor Mary Fallin (R-Incumbent)

AR Governor (OPEN)
Former US Undersecretary of Homeland Security for Border & Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson (R) vs. Former US Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)

MN Governor
MN Governor Mark Dayton (D-Incumbent) vs. Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson (R)

FL Governor
Former FL Governor Charles Crist (D) vs. FL Governor Richard L. Scott (R-Incumbent)

GA Governor
GA Governor Nathan Deal (R-Incumbent) vs. State Senator Jason Carter (D-Decatur)

CO Governor
CO Governor John Hickenlooper (D-Incumbent) vs. Former US Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-CO)

AK Governor
Former Valdez, AK Mayor Bill Walker (IND) vs. AK Governor Sean Parnell (R-Incumbent)

 

[Unknown]

As for the Texas governor's race ITTL...yeah, Wendy Davis is still doomed (her campaign made a lot of mistakes, with the cherry on top being the "empty wheelchair" ad (1)), though she will do better here, methinks (it's hard not to do better when, IOTL, she lost in one of the biggest landslides in Texas history, and also contributed to the defeat of Democrats statewide that year)…

(1) I understood the point she tried to make (Abbott's hypocrisy) but, well, if you have to hold a press conference with disabled people to say that you didn't mean to insult them, you've lost the argument; even some Texas liberals criticized her for it...

 

[49ersFootball]

As for the Texas governor's race ITTL...yeah, Wendy Davis is still doomed (her campaign made a lot of mistakes, with the cherry on top being the "empty wheelchair" ad (1)), though she will do better here, methinks (it's hard not to do better when, IOTL, she lost in one of the biggest landslides in Texas history, and also contributed to the defeat of Democrats statewide that year)…

(1) I understood the point she tried to make (Abbott's hypocrisy) but, well, if you have to hold a press conference with disabled people to say that you didn't mean to insult them, you've lost the argument; even some Texas liberals criticized her for it...

Explains why I didn't put my home state of TX in the nationally-watched Gubernatorial contest in this TL.

 

[Gillan1220]

Hey @49ersFootball , so this TL is basically the continuation of the Ford assassination TL?

 

[49ersFootball]

Hey @49ersFootball , so this TL is basically the continuation of the Ford assassination TL?

The Ford assassination TL is very different from this one.

 

[Gillan1220]

The Ford assassination TL is very different from this one.

I was confused since one of your posts here mentioned Ford got assassinated in this TL so Rockefeller became the President but chose not to run again hence the "flow" of the TL copies ours from Reagan to Obama.

 

[49ersFootball]

I was confused since one of your posts here mentioned Ford got assassinated in this TL so Rockefeller became the President but chose not to run again hence the "flow" of the TL copies ours from Reagan to Obama.

I'll explain why Rocky didn't run later in the Moonbeam TL. I will include the international fallout from the Ford assassination as well in that TL.

 

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Eyewitness Accounts: Roberts Commission

Melanie Dela Garza: "On Sunday, April 27th, I was getting back from a long-night work over at the ABS-CBN Network. I had read over the detailed reports & watched highlights on the upcoming State Visit of POTUS Obama to the Philippines, which was set for that Monday. I was excited at seeing the President of the United States coming to the Philippines for the first time since then-POTUS George W. Bush visited here on October 18th-19th, 2003.

After getting home & getting a long-awaited shower, I went to sleep. Since I originally had the week off, I was sleeping on Monday, April 28th when I decided to sleep in while watching TV on Obama's historic State Visit..... It was supposed to be a glorious day, especially in terms of the highlighted success of EDCA being signed by American & Philippine government officials & diplomats. It was close to 1:00 PM, following lunch, I went straight back to bed & turned off the TV sleeping non-stop until I heard my cell phone buzzing like mad....

I slowly got up at around 2:13 PM & my sister, Agnes texted me "Melanie, you have to turn on the TV. Something terrible has happened at Malacanang Palace. Turn on the TV quick!" so I turned on the TV & watched the absolute horror on "Headstart", where the reporters from ABS-CBN News were running away from gunshots being fired on the Palace Grounds, I was shocked....."

 

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Eyewitness Accounts: Roberts Commission
Philippine President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino, III:

October 14th, 2013: Philippine President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino, III congratulating Miss World 2013 Megan Young
during Courtesy Call inside the Reception Hall at Malacanang Palace.

"It was supposed to be one of the most spectacular & special days highlighting the alliance between the United States of America & the Republic of the Philippines. Just several HRS before the arrival of President Obama, both countries had signed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), one of the military deals that would give American troops wider access to military bases here. The new agreement, signed in by Philippine National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin & US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg.

This represented a new era in defense ties, allowing more of the high-profile war games that are regulatory conducted by the long-time allies & for some US military hardware to be stationed on Filipino soil. On that particular Monday, I was in my office working on some last-minute updates to the speech I was planning to make for the upcoming Joint Press Conference at the President's Hall inside Malacanang Palace following the planned bilateral meeting, which was scheduled to occur at the Aguinaldo State Dining Room as well as one-on-one meeting inside the Music Room, now all of this was originally planned to occur following the Welcoming Honors Ceremony.

At 2:14 PM, I greeted President Obama, who arrived at Malacanang Palace in front of Bonifacio Hall & afterwards, we walked inside the Hall for a few minutes before emerging to begin the Welcoming Honors, which began with a 21 Cannon Salute. The National Anthem of the United States, "The Star-Spangled Banner" & the Philippine National Anthem "Lupang Hinirang" were performed respectively. Once that was done, it was time to start the Honor Guard Inspection.

As we were walking towards the Philippine & American flags, I heard a weird blast, which sounded like either an automobile backfiring or somebody accidentally firing one of the Cannons. However, I soon turned to see President Obama clutching his chest before he fell down, now I can see he had been hit. All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain in my left side, then looking down to see a pool of blood. Now by then, I had realized that I had also been hit & before I knew it, I heard more gunshots being fired, which several people in the crowd were hit as well as some members of the AFP Honor Guard were struck as well. Afterwards, members of the Presidential Security Group & United States Secret Service agents ran towards us, putting both of us into the Presidential limousine, which immediately sped off all the way to Makati Medical Center.

Upon arriving at Makati Medical Center, the Presidential Security Group & US Secret Service had locked down the entire hospital. I was rushed to a separate operating room, where I was operated on for I don't know how long because I was unconscious & I had remained at Makati Medical Center for the remainder of the week for recovery until the doctors believed it was Ok for me to return to Bahay Pangarap."

 

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The Interfaith Service for Secretary Kerry
10:00 AM EST, Thursday, June 26th, 2014
Basilica & Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Boston, MA.

The flag-draped casket of US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Basilica & Shrine of Our Lady
of Perpetual Help for the start of the Interfaith Service.
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The interfaith service for the late US Secretary of State John Forbes Kerry was held on Thursday morning, June 26th, 2014, where many members of the MA Congressional Delegation, several members of the MA State Legislature, Boston City Council, & many MA statewide officeholders were in attendance. US SECDEF Chuck Hagel represented the Biden administration.

 

[49ersFootball]

ABC NEWS (May 29th-June 26th, 2014) Polling Survey

How do you like the job President Biden is doing ahead of the 2014 Midterms ?
Approve: 56%
Disapprove: 37%
Undecided: 6%

 

[49ersFootball]

ABC News (May 29th-June 26th, 2014) Polling Survey for the 2014 Midterms

Who do you prefer to control Congress ?
GOP: 29%
Dems: 29%
Undecided: 37%

 

[BigVic]

Midterms will look interesting

 

[49ersFootball]

Midterms will look interesting

Biden's approval ratings are somewhat slipping lately with the 2014 Midterms coming up, probably due to pardoning Blagojevich (which angered several members of the IL Congressional Delegation).

 

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Perry
2:00 PM CST, Thursday, June 26th, 2014
TX Governor's Mansion, Austin, TX.

TX Governor Rick Perry (R) firing up the TX GOP faithful during a farewell keynote speech at
the TX GOP Convention inside the Fort Worth Convention Center on June 5th, 2014.
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In the final 6 1/2 months of his 14-year long Governorship, TX Governor Rick Perry (R) was busy campaigning aggressively for his preferred successor, TX State AG Greg Abbott (R) & other TX GOPers, who were seeking down-ballot statewide offices. He was determined to make sure the Lone Star State stayed Red for the foreseeable future. He & many others, were being blasted by the national media for the vicious rhetoric they used, which resulted in the tragic events of April 28th, 2014 in Manila. Perry wasn't fazed by the criticism stating "These national media experts think they've got TX figured out. Well they haven't been to or even visited TX. We don't bow down to the tune of the Feds whenever they feel like bringing their socialist agenda to the country, which is destroying America. In a few months, we're going to send the Biden administration a clear message that he & those liberals need to STAY OUT of TX."